2,4-Disila-1-germatricyclo[2.1.0.0(2,5)]pentane: a new type of cage compound of group 14 elements with an extremely long Ge-C bridge bond and an "Umbrella"-type configuration of a Ge atom

The thermolysis of 1,1,2,3-tetrakis[di-tert-butyl(methyl)silyl]-4-phenyl-1,2-disila-3-germacyclopenta-2,4-diene 1 at 175 degrees C results in the quantitative formation of 1,2,3,4-tetrakis[di-tert-butyl(methyl)silyl]-5-phenyl-2,4-disila-1-germatricyclo[2.1.0. 02,5]pentane 2, representing a new type of cage compound of group 14 elements. The crystal structure of 2 was established by X-ray crystallography, which showed an extremely long Ge-C bridge bond of 2.242(3) A and an "umbrella"-type configuration of the Ge atom. The compound 2 readily reacted with benzaldehyde to produce 1,4,5,7-tetrakis[di-tert-butyl(methyl)silyl]-3,6-diphenyl-2-oxa-1,4-disila-5-germabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene 3 with an endocyclic Ge=C double bond.     

Pyramidalized olefins: a DFT study of the homosesquinorbornene and sesquibicyclo[2.2.2]octene nuclei

Density functional theory (B3LYP/6-31G*) was used to study a series of homosesquinorbornenes and sesquibicyclo[2.2.2]octenes. The compounds in which the two faces of the double bond are different are predicted to have a pyramidal double bond with butterfly bendings (psi) ranging from 1.8 to 17.9 degrees. The degree of pyramidalization of these central double bonds is greater in the homosesquinorbornenes than in the sesquibicyclo[2.2.2]octenes.     

Addition reactions of cyclooctatetraene with 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran the benzene ring as dienophile in a [4+2] cycloaddition reaction

Addition reactions of cyclooctatetraene with 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran resulted in the formation of three 1:1 cycloadducts, 1, 2, and 3, and a 1:2 cycloadduct, 4. Single crystal x-ray analysis established 3 to be a cage compound formed by an unprecedented [4+2] cycloaddition reaction of 1 in which the double bond of the benzene moiety acted as the dienophile.     

The first silastannene >si=sn<: a new doubly-bonded system of heavier group 14 elements

The reaction of bis[di-tert-butyl(methyl)silyl]dilithiosilane 1 with dichlorobis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)stannane in THF at room temperature yielded highly air- and moisture-sensitive deep violet crystals of 1,1-bis[di-tert-butyl(methyl)silyl]-2,2-bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)-1-sila-2-stannaethene 2 with a Si=Sn double bond. The molecular structure of 2 was established by X-ray crystallography, which showed a trans-bent structure (bending angles of 26.2 degrees for the sp2 Si atom and 9.6 degrees for the sp2 Sn atom) with a >Si=Sn< bond length of 2.4188(14) A and a twisting angle of 34.6 degrees . The geometry and regioselectivity of the addition reaction of PhEH (E = O and S) corresponds to the polarity of the double bond Sidelta-=Sndelta+, which is also supported by theoretical calculations on the model silastannene (H3Si)2Si=SnPh2.     

A stable silicon congener of highly strained bicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-1,3,6-triene

A silicon-containing fused bicyclic compound with a highly strained bridgehead double bond, 2,3,6,7-tetra-tert-butyl-4-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-5-(tert-butyldimethylsiloxy)-5-silabicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-1,3,6-triene (2), was synthesized quantitatively by the reaction of 1,2-bis-tert-butyl-4,4-bis(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-4-silatriafulvene (3) with di-tert-butylcyclopropenone (4) at 80 degrees C. An X-ray crystallographic analysis for 2 not only confirmed a bicyclic structure having a silacyclopentadiene (silole) ring fused with a silacyclobutene ring but also the remarkable deformation around the double bonds; the sum of the bond angles around the unsaturated bridgehead carbon was 333 degrees . The strain energy of a model 5-silabicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-1,3,6-triene was calculated at the MP2/6-31+G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-31+G(d) level (30.2 kcal/mol) to be comparable to that for parent bicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-1,3,6-triene (30.7 kcal/mol). Despite the high steric strain, 2 was stable enough to be kept intact for several months in the air. The high stability is ascribed to the effective steric protection of the ring system by the bulky substituents.     

High nuclearity ruthenium-tin clusters from the reactions of triphenylstannane with pentaruthenium carbonyl carbido cluster complexes

The reaction of Ru(5)(CO)(15)(mu(5)-C), 1, with Ph(3)SnH in the presence of UV irradiation has yielded the Ph(3)SnH adduct Ru(5)(CO)(15)(SnPh(3))(mu(5)-C)(mu-H), 3, by SnH bond activation and cleavage of one Ru-Ru bond in the cluster of 1. The reaction of 1 with Ph(3)SnH at 127 degrees C yielded the high nuclearity cluster compound Ru(5)(CO)(10)(SnPh(3))(mu-SnPh(2))(4)(&mu(5)-C)(mu-H), 4, that contains five tin ligands. Four of these are SnPh(2) groups that bridge each edge of the base of the Ru(5) square pyramidal cluster. The reaction of Ph(3)SnH with the benzene-substituted cluster Ru(5)(CO)(12)(C(6)H(6))(mu(5)-C), 2, at 68 degrees C yielded two products: Ru(5)(CO)(11)(SnPh(3))(C(6)H(6))(mu(5)-C)(mu-H), 5, and Ru(5)(CO)(10)(SnPh(3))(2)(C(6)H(6))(mu(5)-C)(mu-H)(2), 6. Both contain square pyramidal Ru(5) clusters with one and two SnPh(3) groups, respectively. At 127 degrees C, the reaction of 2 with an excess of Ph(3)SnH has led to the formation of two new high-nuclearity cluster complexes: Ru(5)(CO)(8)(mu-SnPh(2))(4)(C(6)H(6))(mu(5)-C), 7, and Ru(5)(CO)(7)(mu-SnPh(2))(4)(SnPh(3))(C(6)H(6))(mu-H), 8. Both compounds contain square pyramidal Ru(5) clusters with SnPh(2) groups bridging each edge of the square base. Compound 8 contains a SnPh(3) group analogous to that of compound 4. When treated with CO, compound 8 is converted to 4. When heated to 68 degrees C, compound 5 was converted to the new compound Ru(5)(CO)(11)(C(6)H(6))(mu(4)-SnPh)(mu(3)-CPh), 9, by loss of benzene and the shift of a phenyl group from the tin ligand to the carbido carbon atom to form a triply bridging benzylidyne ligand and a novel quadruply bridging stannylyne ligand.     

Trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerenes: reactivity dictated by the encapsulated metal cluster

The first derivatives of Y(3)N@C(80) have been synthesized and fully characterized. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of N-ethylazomethine ylide yielded mainly the pyrrolidine monoadduct of the icosahedral (I(h)()) symmetry cage exclusively at a [6,6] double bond. The same regioselectivity on a [6,6] double bond was observed when the endohedral compound was cyclopropanated with diethyl bromomalonate. These results are in pronounced contrast to those observed for icosahedral symmetry Sc(3)N@C(80), for which all reported derivatives add completely regioselectively to [5,6] double bonds. (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, and HMQC spectroscopy revealed that the addition pattern on Y(3)N@C(80) resulted in a pyrrolidinofullerene derivative with unsymmetric pyrrolidine carbons and symmetric geminal protons. The cyclopropanated monoadduct exhibited symmetric ethyl groups on the malonate, consistent with regioselective addition at a [6,6] double bond. Attempts to perform the same cyclopropanation reaction on (I(h)()) Sc(3)N@C(80) failed to yield any identifiable products. These observations clearly indicate that the reactivity of trimetallic nitride endohedral metallofullerenes toward exohedral chemical functionalization is profoundly affected and effectively controlled by the nature of the endohedral metal cluster.     

A stable fused bicyclic disilene as a model for silicon surface

We synthesized the first fused bicyclic disilene 1 representing topologically a partial structure of the Si(001) surface up to the third layer. In the solid state, the five-membered rings adopt the envelope conformation, and the Si=Si double bond in 1 exists in the slightly cis-bent form (bent angle theta is 3.6 degrees ) compared to that of the highly cis-bent dimer on the Si(001) surface. Highly symmetric 1H NMR spectral pattern of 1 remains even at -80 degrees C, indicating the facile ring flipping of the bicyclic skeleton in solution. While syn-adduct was obtained in the reaction of 1 with water, anti-addition of chlorine atoms across the Si=Si double bond in 1 was observed in the reaction with carbon tetrachloride. The structural characteristics of the 9,10-phenanthrenequinone adduct 7 are in good accord with those of the proposed structure of the 9,10-phenanthrenequinone molecule adsorbed on the Si(001) surface.     

Synthesis of aluminum hydrazides by hydroalumination of 2,3-diazabutadienes--formation of an Al4(N2)3 cage compound and an Al3(N2)3 macrocyclic ligand

Treatment of 1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-2,3-diazabutadiene with the alane adduct [AlH3(NMe2Et)] yielded the hydrazine derivative (AlH2)2-(AlH)2(N2iPr2)3 (1) by the hydroalumination of both C N double bonds. Compound 1 has a complicated cage structure formed by three hydrazido groups and four aluminium atoms. As a particularly interesting structural motif it contains a N-N group side-on-coordinated to one aluminium atom through its lone pairs of electrons. Sublimation of 1 gave a heterocubane-type compound (HAlNiPr)4 (2) by the complete cleavage of all N-N bonds, one face of which is bridged by weakly coordinated diisopropyldiazene with a N-N double bond. Repeated sublimation gave the pure, unsupported heterocubane molecule 3. Heating of the rough product of the reaction of alane and diazabutadiene to 90 degrees C in a closed vessel yielded another product Al(AlH2)3(N2iPr2)3 (4), which contains a cyclic chelating ligand formed by three hydrazido groups and three aluminium atoms. This heterocycle coordinates a fourth aluminum atom in the molecular center by close contacts to all six nitrogen atoms. A strongly flattened, distorted octahedral coordination sphere results for the inner metal atom.     

On the use of mixtures of organotin species for catalytic enantioselective ketone allylation--a detective story

In the presence of enantiopure MTBH(2)(monothiobinaphthol, 2-hydroxy-2[prime or minute]mercapto-1,1[prime or minute]-binaphthyl; 0.2 eq.) quantitative allylation of ArC([double bond]O)Me takes place with impure Sn(CH(2)CH[double bond]CH(2))(4)(prepared from allyl chloride, air-oxidised magnesium and SnCl(4)) to yield tert-homoallylic alcohols in 85-92% ee. In the same process highly purified, or commercial, Sn(CH(2)CH[double bond]CH(2))(4) yields material of only 35-50% ee. The origin of these effects is the presence of small amounts of the compounds, EtSn(CH(2)CH[double bond]CH(2))(3), ClSn(CH(2)CH[double bond]CH(2))(3) ClSnEt(CH(2)CH[double bond]CH(2))(2) in the tetraallyltin sample and the presence of traces of water (which inhibits achiral background reactions). All the triallyl and diallyl species enhance the stereoselectivity in the catalytic allylation reaction, the chlorides more so than the ethyl compound. Hydrolysis of ClSnEt(CH(2)CH[double bond]CH(2))(2) affords crystallographically characterised Sn(4)(mu(3)-O)(mu(2)-Cl)(2)Cl(2)Et(4)(CH(2)CH[double bond]CH(2))(4). Reaction of this latter compound with MTBH(2) leads to the most potent catalyst.     

含2,2′,4-三(2-氯苯基)-5-(3,4-二甲氧基苯基)-4′,5′-二苯基-1,1′-双咪唑光引发体系的光聚合动力学研究

2,2′,4-三(2-氯苯基)-5-(3,4-二甲氧基苯基)-4′,5′-二苯基-1,1′-二咪唑(CZ-HABI)是一种高效的光引发剂,其结构通过傅里叶红外光谱仪、核磁共振仪、紫外吸收光谱进行表征.复合引发体系(PI)由光引发剂CZ-HABI、增感剂4,4′-双(二乙氨基)苯甲酮(EMK)、供氢体N-苯基甘氨酸(NPG)组成,利用实时红外(RT-IR)对该复合光引发体系进行了光聚合反应动力学研究,结果表明:在没有供氢体条件下,基本上没有引发效果,增加供氢体后,引发效率大幅增加;增加复合光引发体系用量能提高光聚合反应的双键转化率,且最大聚合速率与[PI]1/2成正比;随着光强的增强,单体的双键转化率与最大反应速率均增大;复合光引发体系引发双丙烯酸酯类单体的最终双键转化率比三丙烯酸酯类单体要高.复合光引发体系的引发效率比ITX/EDAB光引发体系的引发效率高,与1-羟基环己基苯基甲酮(184)、2-羟基-2-甲基-1-苯基-1-丙酮(1173)的引发效果相近.     

On the existence of uncharged molecules with a pyramidally coordinated carbon: the cases of pentacyclo[4.3.0.0(2,9).0(3,8).0(7,9)]non-4-ene and heptacyclo- [7.6.0.0(1,5).0(5,15).0(6,14).0(10,14).0(10,15)]pentadecane

[reaction: see text] B3LYP/6-31G(d) and MP2 calculations predict interactions between the divalent carbon and one double bond in tricyclo[3.2.2.0(2,4)]nona-6,8-dien-3-ylidene (3). Carbene 3 easily forms the more stable 4, a species with a pyramidal geometry. Moreover, the kinetic stability of 4 has been investigated, and some of its decay products are described. Interestingly, 3,3-dibromotricyclo[3.2.2.0(2,4)]nona-6,8-diene (1), the precursor of carbenoid 3, has already been reported and shown to undergo a formal dimerization to give 2. In addition, 15, a compound structurally related to 4, is expected to have a substantially greater stability toward further rearrangement.     

A stable silaborene: synthesis and characterization

A stable silicon-boron doubly bonded compound, silaborene (2), was synthesized by the reaction of 1,1-dilithiosilane (1) with dichloro(2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidino)borane in toluene. The X-ray crystallographic analysis of 2 revealed that the >Si=B-N< framework is almost linear (176.87(13) degrees ) with an Si-B bond length of 1.8379(17) A, which is about 10% shorter than typical Si-B single bonds. The silaborene 2 reacted with lithium trimethylsilylacetylide at 60 degrees C in DME to give the corresponding silaborenide (4-.[Li(dme)3]+), whose reddish-orange crystals were isolated as the solvent separated ion pair. The X-ray analysis of 4-.[Li(dme)3]+ showed that the Si-B bond length (1.933(3) A) is longer than that of 2, but still shorter than typical Si-B single bonds. These structural features indicate that 4- has double bond character involving the >Si=B<- resonance structure.     

Preparation and properties of methoxycarbonylsulfenyl isocyanate, CH(3)OC(O)SNCO

Pure methoxycarbonylsulfenyl isocyanate, CH3OC(O)SNCO, is quantitatively prepared by the metathesis reaction between CH3OC(O)SCl and AgNCO. This novel species has been obtained in its pure form and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, UV-vis, FTIR, and FT-Raman spectroscopy. The conformational properties of the gaseous molecule have been studied by vibrational spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations (B3LYP and MP2 methods). The compound exhibits a conformational equilibrium at room temperature having the most stable form CS symmetry with the C=O double bond synperiplanar with respect to the S-N single bond. A second form was observed in the IR spectrum and corresponds to a conformer possessing the C-S bond antiperiplanar with respect to the N=C double bond of the isocyanate group. The structure of a single crystal of CH3OC(O)SNCO was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis at low temperature using a miniature zone melting procedure. The crystalline solid (triclinic, P1, a = 8.292(6) A, b = 9.839(7) A, c = 11.865(8) A, alpha = 67.290(2) degrees , beta = 71.5570(10) degrees , gamma = 83.4850(10) degrees and Z = 6) shows the presence of molecules having exclusively a synperiplanar conformation with respect to the three phi(CO-C=O), phi(O=C-SN), and phi(CS-N=C) dihedral angles.     

Crystal structure and spectroscopic characterization of K8(VO)2O(SO4)6

Red and yellow dichroistic crystals of a vanadium(V) compound, potassium (mu-oxo, di-mu-sulfato)bis(oxodisulfatovanadate), K(8)(VO)(2)O(SO(4))(6), have been obtained from the ternary catalytic model melt system K(2)S(2)O(7)[bond]K(2)SO(4)[bond]V(2)O(5). By slow cooling of the melt from 420 to 355 degrees C, crystal growth occurred, using solid V(2)O(5) crystals present in the melt as nucleation promoter. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(l) with a = 13.60(9) A, b = 13.93(9) A, c = 14.05(9) A, beta = 90.286(10) degrees, and Z = 2. It contains two VO(6) octahedra linked together by a mu-oxo and two mu-sulfato bridges. Furthermore, each octahedron has two monodentate sulfate ligands, making the dimeric entity coordinatively saturated. IR spectroscopy shows bands arising from V[bond]O[bond]V and V[double bond]O stretches as well as splitting of sulfate bands due to the different degrees of freedom present for different conformations of sulfate ligands. The coordination of vanadium in K(8)(VO)(2)O(SO(4))(6) is discussed in relation to the reaction mechanism of SO(2) oxidation catalysis.     

Facial Synthesis of o‐Carborane‐Substituted Alkenes and Allenes by a Regioselective Ene Reaction of 1,3‐Dehydro‐o‐carborane

1,3‐Dehydro‐o‐carborane is a useful synthon for selective cage boron functionalization of o‐carboranes. It reacts readily with alkenes or alkynes to give a variety of cage B(3)‐alkenyl/allenyl o‐carboranes by ene reactions in very high yields and excellent regioselectivity. This can be ascribed to the highly polarized cage C?B multiple bond, which lowers the activation barriers of the ene reaction.     

Novel reactivity mode of hydroxamic acids: a metalla-pinner reaction

The reaction between the nitrile complex trans-[PtCl(4)(EtCN)(2)] and benzohydroxamic acids RC(6)H(4)C([double bond]O)NHOH (R = p-MeO, p-Me, H, p-Cl, o-HO) proceeds smoothly in CH(2)Cl(2) at approximately 45 degrees C for 2-3 h (sealed tube) or under focused 300 W microwave irradiation for approximately 15 min at 50 degrees C giving, after workup, good yields of the imino complexes [PtCl(4)[NH[double bond]C(Et)ON[double bond]C(OH)(C(6)H(4)R)](2)] which derived from a novel metalla-Pinner reaction. The complexes [PtCl(4)[NH[double bond]C(Et)ON[double bond]C(OH)(C(6)H(4)R)](2)] were characterized by elemental analyses (C, H, N), FAB mass spectrometry, and IR and (1)H and (13)C[(1)H] spectroscopies, and [PtCl(4)[NH[double bond]C(Et)ON[double bond]C(OH)(Ph)](2)] (as the bis-dimethyl sulfoxide solvate), by X-ray single-crystal diffraction. The latter disclosed its overall trans-configuration with the iminoacyl species in the hydroximic tautomeric form in E-configuration which is held by N[bond]H...N hydrogen bond between the imine [double bond]NH atom and the hydroximic N atom.     

Synthesis of seven-membered lactones via nickel- and zinc-catalyzed highly regio- and stereoselective cyclization of 2-iodobenzyl alcohols with propiolates

A new class of substituted seven-membered lactones 3 were conveniently synthesized via cyclization of o-iodobenzyl alcohol 1 (o-IC(6)H(4)CH(2)OH) with various propiolates 2 (RC triple bond CCOOMe) in the presence of Ni(dppe)Br(2) and Zn powder in acetonitrile at 80 degrees C. The catalytic reaction is highly regio- and stereoselective affording seven-membered lactones in moderate to good yields. This methodology can be successfully extended to various substituted o-iodobenzyl alcohols. An intermediate 7 was obtained from the reaction of 1a with methyl 2-octynoate (2a) in the presence of Ni(dppe)Br(2) and Zn at room temperature. A mechanism involving an unusual E/Z isomerization of the carbon-carbon double bond of 7 prior to lactone formation is proposed to account for the catalytic reaction.     

Isomerization reaction of olefin using RuClH(CO)(PPh(3))(3)

When methyl 5-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)oxy-2-pentenoate was refluxed in toluene in the presence of RuClH(CO)(PPh(3))(3) (5 mol %), double-bond migration took place to afford methyl 5-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)oxy-4-pentenoate in high yield. This means that the double bond conjugated with the ester moiety migrates to a deconjugated position by a ruthenium catalyst. We planned to prepare an enol ether from alpha,beta-unsaturated compounds having an ether moiety in a tether using ruthenium-catalyzed isomerization of the double bond. As a result, silyl or benzyl enol ether was obtained from the alpha,beta-unsaturated ester having alcohol protected by the silyl or benzyl group in a tether in high yield. In this reaction, double bond migration of alpha,beta-unsaturated ketone and alpha,beta-unsaturated amide took place to produce deconjugated compounds. Moreover, the double bond of alpha, beta-unsaturated ester having a triple or double bond in a molecule migrated to produce conjugated enyne and diene. On the other hand, treatment of a bis-metalated compound having an alpha, beta-unsaturated ester moiety or the double bond in a tether with RuClH(CO)(PPh(3))(3) gave allyl bis-metalated compound in good yield. These compounds are useful units in synthetic organic chemistry.     

Formation of Adamantane-Like Structures by Reaction of Titanocene Fluorides with an Iminoalane

Fluorine–nitrogen metathesis in the reaction of a cyclic iminoalane with titanocene fluorides results in unexpected cage compounds. Treatment of one of these compounds with diethyl ether leads to 1 , which contains a titanium–nitrogen double bond stabilized intramolecularly by fluorine.